How to Fix Any Broken Powder Makeup… Really!

I am so excited to share this cool trick with you today!! I’ll admit it, I like to buy the good stuff when I buy makeup, and it is beyond frustrating when one of my kids (okay, or me) knocks down one of my MAC eye shadows, powders, or blushes, and it breaks into 10 million little tiny crumbles all over the counter. I can’t tell you how many times this has happened to me, and as much as I want to salvage it, it’s such a big mess, so I end up throwing it all away, and throwing away my money in the process!

Not anymore! Using justone ingredient you probably already have at home, you can easily repair your broken powder makeup, and have itback to normal the next morning! Life changing!! AND it takesless than 5 minutesto do (although it does take overnight to dry). Let’s begin!

Here’s all you’ll need:

Broken powder makeup (powder, eyeshadow, or blush)

Rubbing alcohol (the higher the concentration, the better- I used 70)

Plastic wrap (optional, but keeps your fingers cleaner!)

Directions:

1. Gather all of the broken pieces of makeup into its original container, and crush the whole thing up (even the parts that may not have broken).

2. Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol to the compact, and let it soak in. Use your finger, the back of a spoon, or anything, really, to rub and smooth down the makeup. I used my finger (which is still stained bright pink after about 10 hand washes!) at first, but I found that I got better results by placing a piece of plastic wrap over the top of the makeup, and then rubbing the plastic wrap to smooth out the makeup. If the mixture is still too dry, then add a little more alcohol, and rub again.

3. Once your makeup is all smooth again, all you have to do is wait, preferably overnight. The alcohol has to dry out, and once it does your makeup will be totally back to normal, and the alcohol smell will be gone! My blush was perfect the next day, and you never would have guessed that it was a crumbled mess the day before!

My sad crushed pink blush that would have gotten tossed because I (can’t blame the kids this time) dropped it, is now whole and completeand ready to be used again! Yippee!! This is probably my favorite tip of all time, because everyone drops their makeup, right?

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Wow! This is brilliant! Thanks so much for this great solution, also the underwire repair tips. I’ve sewn them back too, but didn’t know about the duct tape and clear nail polish! You’re amazing! Hugs, Linda @ Grandmalay’s Daydreams

umm.. i Love you ??? my FAVORITE eye shadow trio broke and every time I go my make up I get gold dust all over my fingers and clothes but I couldn’t part with it. Im SOO happy i found this. Im telling everybody about this. your a life saver. !

Im always saving those compacts you cant get all the stuff out of it…hoping for a miracle to be able to make them work someday! Can’t wait to combine all my like type blushes into onr new one. I have 5 almost gone berry blushes! You’ve made my day. Thanks!!

Do you have any tips about restring a broken melted lipstick ?
My revlon colorburst lip balm is really hating the heat .
Keeping it in the fridge is a partial solution because I really like to take it with me in my makeup bag

Oooh, good question! What I’ve done in the past is to put the lipstick into an empty MAC palette that you can buy at the MAC Cosmetics store. Press the lipstick inside one of the empty holes, and then use a brush to apply the lipstick. It will still work just fine, and you won’t have to throw away your favorite lipstick! Hope that helps, and thanks for reading!

I literally JUST threw away an eye shadow because my husband threw my make-up bag up the stairs and broke 2 of them!!!! Will try this in the future. I’m so thankful for pinterest and for you posting this!! Thank you 🙂

There are SO many helpful tips in your blog – thank you! I googled how to fix a broken underwire in a bra, and your wonderful post about the duct tape and upholstery thread came up (genius), and that brought me here, and now I’m hooked! So many broken bras and blushers that shall shortly be whole again . . .

I have a blusher which is muliticolured, will it work on this? I just keep trying to use it and it ends up on the bathroom floor so i pick up the bits n put them back in the pot and bluc0sh up again and it falls out …. well you get the idea of my repeated frustration!
Also rubbing alcohol, anyone and idea where you can buy this in the UK

Yes, it will still work on a multicolored blush. As to the rubbing alcohol, I’m not sure about buying in the UK. Here in the states you can buy it at any grocery store or drug store. I’m sure you could even find it on Amazon if you can’t find it locally. Hope that helps! Good luck, this really is a pretty cool trick!

[…] Laura is a crafty wife and mom of four who loves sharing her creative tutorials, party ideas, recipes, printables, and more on her blog, Make Life Lovely. Some of her most popular posts are her Rainbow Cakes in a Jar, How to Reuse Silica Gel Packets, her daughter’s Under the Sea Birthday Party, and How to Fix Any Broken Powder Makeup. […]